Wednesday, May 12

Thursday, May 13

Friday, May 14

Mass in Porto 5 a.m. ET

Upcoming Papal Visits

Papal Visit to Cyprus June 4 - June 6, 2010

Papal Visit to Great Britian September 16 - September 19, 2010

Second Apparition of the Angel of Portugal

Sometime during the summer of 1916 the three cousins were playing in the heat of the day in the garden near the well behind
the Santos home in Aljustrel. Lucia describes how the angel appeared
to them once more, chastising them for their for their lack of
spiritual seriousness.
Suddenly we saw the same angel near us.

What are you doing? You must pray! Pray! The hearts of Jesus and
Mary have merciful designs for you. You must offer your prayers and
sacrifices to God, the Most High.

"But how are we to sacrifice?" I asked.

In every way you can offer sacrifice to God in reparation for the
sins by which He is offended, and in supplication for sinners. In
this way you will bring peace to our country, for I am its guardian
angel, the Angel of Portugal. Above all, bear and accept with
patience the sufferings God will send you.

This apparition renewed the same profound effect which the first one
had on them. Francisco, who throughout the appearances of the angel
and Our Lady would see but not hear, was unsuccessful in prying from
the girls the words which the angel had spoken until the following
day. Lucia tells us,

The Angels' words sank deeply into our souls like a gleaming torch,
showing us Who God is, what is His love for us, and how he wants us
to love Him too; the value of sacrifice and how it pleases Him; how
He receives it for the conversion of sinners. That is why from that
moment we began to offer Him whatever mortified us.